Alterra Coffee Roasters will beef up its downtown presence in midsummer when it takes over the space recently vacated by Third Ward Caffe. Because the storefront on E. St. Paul Ave. is smaller than Alterra's typical cafe, the coffee company is looking at atypical options for the space.

Alterra has 11 other cafes around the Milwaukee area, including one less than a half-mile away, across the Milwaukee River from the Third Ward. A twelfth is due to open in March in Madison, Alterra's first cafe outside the metro area; the thirteenth is due in summer also, at N. 68th and W. Wells streets in Wauwatosa. | Jan. 21, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

Milwaukee's new-music ensemble mixed art installations, solo and ensemble performances of music by the likes of Elliott Carter and Ted Hearne in Turner Hall Ballroom Friday evening. An after party, with food, drinks and live music from rock-ska band Something to Do, followed. | May 25, 2013»Read Full Article